232 DICOTYLEDONOUS. 



Gexus VI VERBASCUM. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla rotate, 5-lobecl, unequal. Sta' 

 mens 5, declined, usually hairy. Capsule 2-valved, 2-celled, 

 ovate or globose. 



1 V Thapsus. '^tem erect, winged, tomentose. Leaves alternate, lanceo- 

 late, decurrent, tomentose, hoary. Flowersm terminal spikes. Calyx iumen- 

 tose, persistent. Corolla tomentose on the outer surface, ^eed dotted. 



Yellow. (^ May — Aug. Common. Mullein. 



2 V Lychnitis. Stem erect, angled. Leaves oblong, cuneate, naked 

 above, tomentose beneath. Flowcrsin paniculate spikes, lateral and terminal. 



Yellow. T7 June — July. Car. & Ga. 



3 V Blattarta. Sfem slightly angled, simple, pubescent. Leaves sessile , 

 amplexicaule, slightly cordate, serrate. Flowers in terminal racemes ; pe- 

 duncles 1-flowered, solitary. 



Yellow, tinged with purple. J^ May — Aug. Common. Mid. Ga. 2-3 ft. 



Order XCV. CONIFERE.E. 



Flowers monoecious, or dioecious. Sterile flowers monan- 

 drous, 5 or monadelphous, collected in a catkin. Anthers 2, 

 or many lobcd, bursting outwardly. Fertile flowers usually 

 in strobiles or cones, sometimes solitary. Ovary none, or open, 

 resembling a scale, destitute of style or sti^^iTia. Ovules naked. 

 Fruit a naked seed. Trees or shrubs abounding in resin. 

 heaves with parallel veins. 



Genus I JUNIPERUS. 



Flowers dioecious. Sterile florets, ament ovate. Calyx a 

 scale, verticillate. peltate. Anthers 4-8, 1-celled. Fertile 

 florets, ament globose. Scales S-concave. Stigma open- — 

 Fruit a berry, with 3 long 1-seeded nuts, surrounded with the 

 united and fleshy scales. 



I J ViRGiNiANA. A middle sized tree, with horizontal branches. Upper 

 leaves imbricated in 4rows,ovate-r.cute, very small, by threes. Fltuers zx\\\tx- 

 ry. Fruit dry, 1-2-seeded, covered with a blue powder. Red cedar. 



T^ May. Common. 20-60 feet. 



Genus II CUPRESSUS. 



Flowers monoecious. Sterile flowers the ament ovate, im- 

 bricate. Scales peltate, anthers 4, sessile. Fertile florets, 

 ament a ''one. Perianth none. Ovaries 4-8 under each 

 scale. Nuts angular, compressed. 



1 C DiSTicA. A large tree. Leaves small, linear, acute, flat, deciduous. 

 Sterile flowers paniculate, catkin s;ibirlohosn. 



Ij May. Deep Swamps. 90-100 feet. 



2 C Thyoides. A large free, with compressed branches. Leaves imbri- 

 cate, in 4 rows, ovate, tuber julafe at the base, catkin globose. 



ll May. Swamps. 70-80 feet. 



